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Originally Posted by robert_utk
Is this because GTO is supposed to be never "always" do a certain thing?
There's a helluva lot of mixing in GTO solutions, but the mixing
usually happens with mid-strength hands, and only rarely with the nuts.
e.g. You would typically always 3-bet KK+, but with AK and QQ or KQs you could mix between 3-betting and calling, since these hands are not "100% fist-pump stack offs" or "obvious bluffs".
When you're bloating the pot (with a 3-bet), you clearly want that range to be your strongest, hence why it will contain the nuts more often than not, but board coverage and balance comes from mixing in a multitude of hands at lower frequencies.
FWIW, 4-bet/5-bet pots are a little different. I think AA is
sometimes flatted instead of 4-bet/5-bet, because otherwise your ranges will become too capped/face up/exploitable. Facing a single raise, though, ranges are still wide enough (i.e. there are enough combinations) to allow you to 3-bet the top of your range at 100% frequency.